What advice do you have to someone struggling with — and tempted to act out on — same-sex attraction?

Sciambra: To those struggling with same-sex attraction, I would encourage developing their prayer life; their relationship with God. They need to spend much time in prayer, going to daily Mass, and making a weekly Confession.

They also need to have a very good confessor and/or spiritual director.

Instead of acting out on those desires, whether that involves sexual activity with another person or by viewing pornography, they need to excavate their feelings and memories, in order to discover why they have these homosexual desires. This is a very difficult and painful process, but it must be accomplished. Here, they must completely strip themselves of their false pride and stand completely unashamed before the Lord. Because, without exception, every gay man and woman that I ever knew, reluctantly at times, could trace their homosexuality back to some childhood experience.

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I actually do this when I have heterosexual feelings.. I figure i have these feelings because of some past experience I had a child.. when.. *holds back tears* when I was in kindergarten.. a little girl showed me her panties and wanted me to play "daddy" I threw a pillow at her and ran... I have never been the same since. Please pray for me my gay brothers.

Sadly to many people judge God and His word by how we act. How can a person compare God to mankind. Its not my place to judge others, that's Gods job. Its my place to love them no matter what. To me people are just people. We all like or dislike different things. this guy is entitled to his thoughts. If you like them fine, if not that's fine to. I'm a man happily married for 17 yrs now. I wish I had some gay friends, I think their incites would enrich my life. Would i ever do anything with another man, I don't know, I never really thought about it. Might be fun don't know. I do believe we all have what it takes to get along if we try hard enough. we are all just people!

I was never abused in life. I had an attraction to other boys when I was a boy. I think female nudity is disgusting. I would love to go the rest of my life. I'm 33 years old never seening another vagina. I will pray for that. I did have fears at a young age that I would be abandoned by my family if they found out I was gay but 2006 age 26 I told my mom she said she didn't care. my sister over heard she doesn't care she said must be huge weight of your shoulders. Dad took it very well as well. I feel really comfortable talking about it. I have even sat down and watched gay films. after I came out I found out that I have a lesbian on my dads side and I found out just this month that my dads nephew who is almost as old as he is just came out to his sister. My Dads dad was born in 1910 My grand mother was pregnant at the same time as her daughters.

He didn't mention anything about abuse....just a childhood experience. I know exactly what he's asking about - my experience was when I went to the showers at the public pool and saw all those hot naked bodies. :-)

Amen! I am a gay Christian, and I know I'm going to heaven. I am not going to let some "ex-gay, ex porn star" quack tell me the reason what causes all gay people to be the way we are. He doesn't know me or my history, so he sure can't speak for me. If anything, what he is doing is Un-Christian and DANGEROUS at that.

"Because, without exception, every gay man and woman that I ever knew, reluctantly at times, could trace their homosexuality back to some childhood experience." I traced mine back and it went to being in elementary school really liking the girl who sat down next to me during lunch because she was pretty, smelled nice, her skin felt so soft, and she shared her Hostess snacks with me. Such a traumatic childhood experience O_o

That's his answer get on our knees and pray from an ex-gay porn star. He must have been brain washed by some religious group or hes is in complete denial. When I get on my knees it,s not always to pray.